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the job of the press, yes, is to sing the praises of america when america does well, but it's also to question authority and to the extent that it gets on the rah, rah band wagon it's not fulfilling its obligation. >> jon: let's talk about 2003, space shuttle columbia breaks apart on reentry, killing everyone aboard and scattering debris across texas and louisiana. and elizabeth smart found in utah, abducted from her bedroom. martha stewart, jail was in her future. and california elected arnold schwarzenegger as governor. and the story of the year, shock and awe as president bush declares war on iraq. jim, your thoughts about that, you know, momentous-- >> again, just to make that list is a reminder how much the media can get lost on stories and frankly aren't that important. elizabeth smart was a tragedy to her father and some americans, but iraq war was more on that and the media picked up on that. >> jon: and the media were accused to giving too much support to the war in iraq when it began. >> it was clear our coverage was gull ab, naive to use cal's words boosterish and here we a
the job of the press, yes, is to sing the praises of america when america does well, but it's also to question authority and to the extent that it gets on the rah, rah band wagon it's not fulfilling its obligation. >> jon: let's talk about 2003, space shuttle columbia breaks apart on reentry, killing everyone aboard and scattering debris across texas and louisiana. and elizabeth smart found in utah, abducted from her bedroom. martha stewart, jail was in her future. and california elected...
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to be more specific comment every year the farmers of america sell the breweries more than 1 billion pounds of farm products worth $250 million. from these fine gold and green, the breweries produce over a billion gallons of immaculately pure beer and ale in barrels, camp, and bottles. to suit every taste and personal preference here it taxes on beer and ale provides $850 million figure to state and federal governments. this is in addition to the property and income taxes paid by the brewers, dear distributors, retailers, and their respective employees. the brewing industry is proud of its contributions to america and find malt beverages, employment, from material purchases, byproduct vomit and taxes. the beer promotion film you just saw was created in 1952 for the united states brewers foundation. the entire film is part of the praline are archived and can be watched online at archive.org. you can learn more about said to's book at prohibition hangover.com. >> now my move back to iran coincided with the change in my own life. and as you might suspect, given the title of my book i me
to be more specific comment every year the farmers of america sell the breweries more than 1 billion pounds of farm products worth $250 million. from these fine gold and green, the breweries produce over a billion gallons of immaculately pure beer and ale in barrels, camp, and bottles. to suit every taste and personal preference here it taxes on beer and ale provides $850 million figure to state and federal governments. this is in addition to the property and income taxes paid by the brewers,...
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caller: i have a big problem with america. america stuck karzai in there. then bin lad an was fighting russia and afghanistan for america. that's what drove him to be anti-american. >> more there from houston. dorothy on the republican line. >> my question is, it's wonderful we go over and help all of these countries with the issues they have. we obviously have the power and the financial able >> yemen presents a unique sense of challenges. there are a lot of countries like yemen around the world. places where we see central government authority slowly receding and weakening. if it is terrorism or drug smulling, the international community needs to see how to figure out more and more all of this crisis. >> our guest has been an associate with the middle east program. thank you for the update on yemen this morning. >> take another short break and we'll turn to the topic of mental health in america more of your calls. we'll be right back. >> top prize, $5,000. create a 5-8 minute video about our country's strength. it musten corporate c-span programming. ente
caller: i have a big problem with america. america stuck karzai in there. then bin lad an was fighting russia and afghanistan for america. that's what drove him to be anti-american. >> more there from houston. dorothy on the republican line. >> my question is, it's wonderful we go over and help all of these countries with the issues they have. we obviously have the power and the financial able >> yemen presents a unique sense of challenges. there are a lot of countries like...
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ii editorial cartoons of america's leading comic artists," a sequel to the first venture of dr. seuss in world war ii which was published ten years ago. andre schiffrin has uncovered a new treasure trove of dr. seuss cartoons from world war ii archives. this new book is bringing those wonderful cartoons and illustrations from this moment. andre schiffrin has been an editor for 50 years. as founding director of the new press. his most recent publication before dr. seuss is political education: coming of age in paris and new york. one of the chapters at a seminar year and a half ago. i am pleased to note that andre schiffrin at the same time donated a wonderful archive, and editorial, worked with industrial democracy which provides a very interesting window into the birth of a new life. andre schiffrin will be joined tonight by milkman, author of a new deal and journalism, the story of p.m.. paul teaches english at the new york city school system and has a ph.d. from rutgers university. andre schiffrin is going to say a few words to provide some context to the book. then andre sch
ii editorial cartoons of america's leading comic artists," a sequel to the first venture of dr. seuss in world war ii which was published ten years ago. andre schiffrin has uncovered a new treasure trove of dr. seuss cartoons from world war ii archives. this new book is bringing those wonderful cartoons and illustrations from this moment. andre schiffrin has been an editor for 50 years. as founding director of the new press. his most recent publication before dr. seuss is political...
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thank you for black america you have presented to the world for all of the history you and barack have and will
thank you for black america you have presented to the world for all of the history you and barack have and will
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america and the courts today at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest, the blogger and author of four books, takes your call, e-mails and tweets. three hours with michelle malkin, live at 2 eastern on book-tv. >> and now a look at a new law from this morning's "washington journal" this, is about 45 minutes. host: first time guest to the "washington journal" is dr. david shern, and we understand that a significant federal law is taking effect this week in the area of mental health, tell us what is happening. guest: we have been working for years, to get this bill passed. and what this act does is it ends the historical pattern of discrimination of mental health in terms of health coverage. host: when we talk about mental health, what are we talking about? guest: there is a wide range, the most common is depression. it affects 15-18% of people throughout the course of their lifetime. additions are common with alcohol abuse addiction is the most common. and there are anxiety disorders and severe illness and
america and the courts today at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest, the blogger and author of four books, takes your call, e-mails and tweets. three hours with michelle malkin, live at 2 eastern on book-tv. >> and now a look at a new law from this morning's "washington journal" this, is about 45 minutes. host: first time guest to the "washington journal" is dr. david shern, and we understand that a significant federal law is...
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we'd love to hear from you, log on to foxnews.com/americas news hq. weigh in on what is our admittedly unscientific web poll. we'd like your opinion. a scare on a chicago bound flight. a united airlines flight was turned around because of a computer glitch. they had to manually check in passengers so when the computer started working again they realized one of the passengers names matched a person on tsa's restricted passenger list. after bringing the plane back to st. louis, they realized the passenger on the plane wasn't the same person that was on the list and that the flight did head back to chicago. and also, a plane bound for new york has been forced it turn around to boston's logan airport because the pilot noticed smoke in the cockpit. eight minutes into flight 1379 the pilot turned it around and the airport spokesperson says the smoke dissipated by the time it landed and it did return to gate under its own power. errol southers omitted details about his past in which he may have violated state privacy laws and some senators may have actually
we'd love to hear from you, log on to foxnews.com/americas news hq. weigh in on what is our admittedly unscientific web poll. we'd like your opinion. a scare on a chicago bound flight. a united airlines flight was turned around because of a computer glitch. they had to manually check in passengers so when the computer started working again they realized one of the passengers names matched a person on tsa's restricted passenger list. after bringing the plane back to st. louis, they realized the...
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. >>> while researching his book, the provision hanover, alcohol in america from demon rum to colt calvente, garrett began giving tours of the sites in washington, d.c.. book tv joined him to learn how the temperance movement led to prohibition in 1920 and why prohibition was repealed in 1933. the tour begins at the little known temperance fountain near pennsylvania avenue. >> the site we are on right now is a seventh and pennsylvania avenue about halfway between the white house and the capitol where the temperance once stood and they moved in the 1980's about 100 feet north of us. it is very strategic in washington, d.c. because it is halfway between the white house and capitol, and right across from a very once was a bad neighborhood called murder wrote. the statute itself once stood in front of this pink building here and at the base was a store called the apex liquor stores of its kind of ironic that statue itself which is meant to espouse temperance and abstinence from alcohol altogether in the that in front of a liquor store. >> to set originally the statue was right here where this o
. >>> while researching his book, the provision hanover, alcohol in america from demon rum to colt calvente, garrett began giving tours of the sites in washington, d.c.. book tv joined him to learn how the temperance movement led to prohibition in 1920 and why prohibition was repealed in 1933. the tour begins at the little known temperance fountain near pennsylvania avenue. >> the site we are on right now is a seventh and pennsylvania avenue about halfway between the white house...